[P1] External hard drives

[Allan Hise]

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004, Glenn R. Fong wrote:

> Can I position an external firewire hard drive vertically (upright like a
> book) rather than horizontally in its regular flat position?  I bought a new
> portable 2.5" external HD to backup my iB/PB, and as small as it is, I could
> save some room on my desk if I could position it vertically.  Would this
> mess up the HD?  Perhaps related, I seem to recall threads that we should
> not operate our books vertically or upside down.

I have 3 FW HDs that I run vertically. Shouldn't be a problem, since they
come with cases with vertial feet.

Allan